How-to Claim Local Business Listings
Learn how to claim local business listings to improve your local SEO, your website traffic, and your visitor conversions. Takes about 10 minutes per listing.
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Step 1: Choose your profile sites
List of Services
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1. Claim Google My BusinessList Item 2
It is critical that you claim Google My Business before claiming anyother listings.
For full instructions go to our how-to guide.
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2. Create your Facebook pageList Item 3
Next, you need to create a Facebook page. Even if you don't plan on using Facebook for marketing, it is the #2 indicator to the internet that your business is legitimate.
For full instructions go to our how-to guide.
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3. Choose which business listings you want to claim.
- Yellowpages.com
- Yelp
- Local.com
- Manta
- CitySearch
- Apple Maps
- Bing
- Better Business Bureau
- Foursquare
- HubSpot
- Thumbtack
- Yahoo Local
- Insider Pages
These are the most popular directories. For a more comprehensive list check out Hubspot's list of 57 local directories.
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4. Google a broad search term for your businessList Item 1
For example, an electrician might Google electricians or residential electricians. You might google, best restraunts. Or things to do near me. Depending on your business.
Look for agregators that popup in the top searches. Things like Angies List, Thumbtack, Trip Advisor, Clutch, or any other directory.
Note the ones that are on page one and two of the results.
Step 2: Complete your profiles
- Yellowpages.com
- Yelp
- Local.com
- Manta
- CitySearch
- Apple Maps
- Bing
- Better Business Bureau
- Foursquare
- HubSpot
- Thumbtack
- Yahoo Local
- Insider Pages
List of Services
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1. Go to the directory and sign upList Item 1
Most directories have the same process.
- Click on sign-up
- Complete a sign-up form
- Find your profile and complete the profile
The important thing is that you complete each profile the same. Use the same information that you posted in your Google My Business listing.
Things like phone number, address, hours of operation, etc. must be the same. Google looks for consistency in listings and rewards those who are consitent.
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2. Create a list with links to each directoryList Item 2
Make sure to document each directory you created a profile for. If anything changes, you are going to need to update these directories.